Happy Mother's Day everyone. I had a bit of time, so I thought I'd updated you on the birdy situation and other goings on in the life of moi. First off, the "drabbles" have gone well. The final three that I have I'm not getting inspiration for as readily as the first four, so I'm not sure how quick I'll be able to crank them out. Perhaps I'm over thinking them?

For some reason, writing all these rare pairings has really got me hankering to try Dawn/Angel. I have no idea what I want to write about them. It's unusual for me to feel inspired to do a particular pairing without any notions of plot or purpose beforehand. I'm willing to throw it out there. Anyone have any brilliant ideas?

This week at the gym I totally busted myself up. The reason I've been able to write and post anything at all in the last two weeks is because I've been slacking about exercise. Unfortunately, I can't do both in the evening, so I had to make a choice. This past week I got back on the horse and cashed in my free week membership to Equinox. The end of April was my last Pilates class at CU and they won't be starting summer session until the first week of June. I do just fine exercising on my own, but classes are fun and motivating, so Equinox it was. There's one right across the street from work, so I also cut down on how late I got home since I didn't have to commute as far to get to the gym and then get home. Monday I just spent a lot of time on the elliptical and did core work. If anyone has ever been, it's no secret that Equinox is stupidly expensive. Having been to my gym, NYSC and Equinox, you're not getting much more for your buck except a really nice bathroom and amenities. Gyms all have the same crap; I wasn't impressed.

Tuesday evening I decided to try and kickboxing class. I originally wanted to take that 12 weeks ago, but I got closed out. It was high energy, difficult, but fun. The only downside was our instructor didn't really warm us up, and I paid for it. Right after class I was limping. My calf felt like something had been torn to shreds in it. My lower back muscles, which I used to have problems with before working out and haven't since, were also in a lot of pain. That persisted for the whole week. Very uncomfortable. I was very worried something serious had happened. I seem to be alright today. Hear my sigh of relief. Wednesday I tried beginner yoga and loved it, which I wasn't expecting since Pilates was such a bore to me. I think the key difference is it's about stretching and releasing rather than contracting. You feel sore after Pilates. You feel loose and good after yoga. It's definately something I"d like to try again.

Yesterday I saw Star Trek. Well. It was immensely awesome. Gus and I were both fans of Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, so we were psyched. I also watched Felicity, Alias and Lost, so I completely back JJ Abrams. Had the utmost confidence that he would knock it out of the park. It didn't hurt that Zachary Qunito played Spock, either. I watched Heroes (until it started to suck!) and always liked Sylar's character. One thing that was fun about the film is I came in knowing Star Trek, but am not particularly familiar with the original TV show canon. I've not seen muchof it; I wasn't even a twinkle in my mama's eyes when it originally aired! So the personalities - Uhura, McCoy, Sulu, Scottie, etc. were a bit foreign to me. I didn't have any concrete preconceived notions about what they should be like and I think that helped. In general, the writing was excellent with a good mixrure of plot and action. This might be one of the best cast fan films to date. Excellent choices all around with some top notch acting. I couldn't have been happier, not to mention the hotness that is Spock/Uhura! Hot damn! That angsty kiss in the elevator? Sign me up. I ship them! I'm even tempted to write fic about them. Anyone know of any good fics that feature them? The movie only came out this week, but there might be some stuff floating out there.

For those of you that don't know, prior to and concurrently with Buffy, I was a huge comics fan. Batman, Daredevil, X-Men, Sandman, Preacher, etc. My first "fandom," though I was never involved in the online community. I lurked mostly as it was prior to my LJ days. Anyway, one series that I was a fan of was an indy title called Strangers in Paradise. It's about two female high school friends and what twists and turns their relationship takes in adulthood, plus another guy. Much love triangle stuff ensues. Great drama. The series ended in 2007 after 15 years running. I stopped reading comics on a monthly basis about 4 years ago and never did purchase the last trade of the series. I was thinking about it the other day, ordered it and finally got to know how everything was wrapped up. Soooo good and satisfying. I feel complete :D

Lastly, some very sad news to report about the birdies. The eggs hatched Monday afternoon, which was so exciting. My mom called me when I was leaving work and shouted, "We have babies!" Sure enough, three squirmy, pink, embrionic chicks were in the nest when I saw them Tuesday morning. By Wednesday morning, they already had peach fuzz on them. Mom and dad were flying back and forth feeding them of which I have footage. However, we were hit with a massive storm on Wednesday evening with driving wind and rain. You saw the fire escape. Not very protected. Thursday morning we went to check on the nest and the birds an babies were gone! I think the parents had to take cover and likely left the chicks, who drowned or died of exposure. They have not been back to the nest since then. We were so sad to see this unfortunate turn of events. I couldn't wait to see them learn to fly. Only two days alive, but those babies gave us so much joy. Here are a few pics and video of them for your enjoyment.